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Republicans want the Bible taught in school, but not Anne Frank's diary. What, ultimately, is their agenda?

Not a good look for you.
BarbossasHusband · 36-40, M
In Norway we're taught both, and the ability to think for ourselves
MissPerfect · 22-25, F
Their agenda is to reduce the average intellect and thus ensure ongoing wealth and power for the elites. The Bible is a useful tool because it teaches the masses to accept their suffering in this lifetime. Within this mythology the Jew is always a Christ killer- even though Jesus was killed by pagan Italians who went on to claim Christianity as their rightful domain.
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
@MissPerfect Calling Romans in the Levant Proto-Italian is moronic. Good luck.
MissPerfect · 22-25, F
@Fukfacewillie I understand how it might seem funny to liken Romans to Italians, but you're only here to make trouble FukFace.
@Fukfacewillie I'm Italian and I'm fine with her calling Romans Italians. Especially when she frames her point in an interesting way.
Ontheroad · M
Republican politicians want the bible taught because they have a significant following of Christians. They could actually care less about the bible or really much of anything other than themselves. They just want the votes. Sad thing is, it works.
Entwistle · 56-60, M
The agenda is to keep people stupid. Especially with bible,religious teachings.
justanothername · 51-55, M
Their agenda is to make sure all students have a very narrow view on life that fits with the white supremacy’s way of thinking.

The far right also have a very low regard for learning in general. If you look at the way the Taliban treats women you can get an idea of what the far right wants to be.
Of course that theory doesn’t work well in times of natural disaster or in business and economics or seek to maintain a healthy economy.
We read Anne Frank's diary in 6th grade. It wasn't a political thing. That must have been 1975 or 1976. It was a different world then.

It was one of the most important books I have encountered. It am blown away to find some of the complaints against it. There are edited and redacted versions for young people. Why people wouldn't want THOSE read is curious...

The Holocaust, Nazis, death, hiding, Anne's sexual stuff aside-- it's an important book for kids as it's a kid's narrative of great hardship. Pretty much anyone can relate to it.

Which I think is why it is banned. It gives kids ease, hope, connection.
I don't remember there being anything sexual just a crush. @CopperCicada
@Spoiledbrat Well. That is enough for some people.
They want to finish the holocaust.
GeniUs · 56-60, M
Their agenda as basic as it can be:
They want to be in power (so they can sway decisions which make them money).
The same as the Democrats or any political group.
llloydfred · 56-60, M
Most Republicans/ conservatives want the bible and literature taught at public schools, but you have the teachers union, leftist, dems and God haters.
@llloydfred God haters, eh?
CorvusBlackthorne · 100+, M
@llloydfred One need not be a God hater to wish to separate church and state.
Theyitis · 36-40, M
What’s their problem with Anne Frank’s Diary?
Theyitis · 36-40, M
@CorvusBlackthorne Haha, like there’s not “traumatizing” stuff in the Bible! But that’s just their rationale for wanting it banned, what’s the real reason they don’t want it taught to kids?
CorvusBlackthorne · 100+, M
@Theyitis I personally suspect a certain anti-Semitic element within the GOP.
@Theyitis The claim is that Anne Frank was a lesbian because she makes some comments about attraction to girls. And comments about her privates. All of which for a teen is probably about as normal as it gets.

But of course this makes it part of the queer agenda.

Which is sort of an interesting thing because there are redacted young people's versions of the diary that are not only edited of such content, but make the diary more readable like a story. So kids could read that and not be exposed to the hard core lesbo porn in Anne Frank's diary.

My view is that if these are the highlights you glean from the text, your soul parts are so rotted as to be unrecognizable.
I doubt they all feel this way.
None that I know. @BohemianBabe
@Spoiledbrat There's a difference between Republican politicians and people who generally vote Republican. The latter usually aren't Fascists, they're just being tricked into voting for Fascists. The former are pretty much all Fascists.
CorvusBlackthorne · 100+, M
@Spoiledbrat I should perhaps clarify. I am referring to official GOP policy. This should be disturbing to individual Republican voters.
MarineBob · 56-60, M
Please tell the congressman to run for school board
llloydfred · 56-60, M
with in respect to all, check facts and truth
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
Their goal is to be as stupid as humanly possible.
Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M
I think they just want to fuck with liberals.
Mythology over historical fact.
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Crazywaterspring · 61-69, M
@MsAnnThropy That's why they love homeschooling. Teach their selectively edited bible parts as doctrine. Plus keeping their kids away from "those" people who aren't just like them.

 
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